so I have this multigrain bread recipe that I love. Used to make it all the time, but then I sortable got out of baking, and then a friend gave me a sourdough starter, and I figured if I _was_ going to bake, I should use the starter, and this is a pretty heavy dough, and i wasn't sure how much starter it would need or if it would even work. But I have been thinking about this bread, so I decided to give it a try....and not only did it actually rise, it turned out pretty tasty. In fact, the trick may be not eating the whole batch tonight._________________aka: neverscared!
a flux of vibrant matter

gah, home made breads are almost always fantastic. good food, in general, is a great pleasure.

i'm almost done with my hotline shift -- there's an hour left. i've had back to back phone calls the last three hours. this was my first shift in about four weeks so i'm a little rusty, but i am definitely ready to leave. plenty of paranoid frequent callers, a couple of depressed people who can't get to their therapist tonight, plenty of people who just wanna bitch about their current problems... let. me. go. home.

Nono, this "pleasures" thread - although it sounds like your pleasure is the prospect of finishing your shift. Hope the last hour is quiet - I would send you some bread if I could!_________________aka: neverscared!
a flux of vibrant matter

Or if wheels can dig it up. If I get ambitious (or at least dutiful) tomorrow I will get on the laptop and type it...while it might be interesting to see what kindle (Bah! (Oh, nice try, Kindle! But I was saying hah! To your failure to recognize your own name...it would be the one place you wouldn't insist on forcing capitalization)

Where was I...oh, yeah, trying to type in a recipe on this will drive me crazy._________________aka: neverscared!
a flux of vibrant matter

Omelets are my specialty. I can't cook much without a recipe, but I can make kickass omelets. Fluffy or dense, lots of eggy goodness or a thin crepe of egg wrapped around mounds of filling, I can make any kind of omelet!

But seriously, I have no idea how to cook anything else._________________"Worse comes to worst, my people come first, but my tribe lives on every country on earth. Iíll do anything to protect them from hurt, the human race is what I serve." - Baba Brinkman

Omelets are a pretty good specialty to have! =) I make great grilled cheese, french toast, and carbonara. Anything other then that and I have to break out a recipe or convince my wife that she's a better cook then I am (it's true, she's an infinitely better cook then I am).

I've recently become an expert at crockpot/slowcooker cooking. I like it because you typically just throw stuff in there and let it go for several hours and wa-la homemade hot meal and only one big pot to clean up. I get an hour lunch break everyday, so I usually run home and throw stuff in it for supper.

The hubby hates cleaning it, though, because it's big and akward to clean. So, I bought those crockpot liners and now he could care less if I cook in it. Seriously, he got mad at me for making a hot meal and using one pot. *eyeroll* Not every recipe has been amazing but I've found a few winners.

My recent favorite recipe is this awesome chicken for tacos. 1 jar of salsa + 1 pkg taco seasoning (stirred together) + 4-6 chicken breasts = yummy shreds with fork chicken! I made this for my daughter's birthday party last weekend. If you have leftover chicken there are endless possibilities for it too. Tortilla soup, enchiladas, quesadillas, random taco casserole...etc._________________Eureka00: "Reminding you of your addictions" since 1982.